Page 26 - Spider (Garden Minibeasts Up Close)

Eggs and young

You may have seen little balls of silk in dark corners

of your garage or basement. These are the egg sacs
of female spiders. Many just leave these egg sacs

somewhere safe, but the green lynx spider stands guard

over hers. The nursery-web spider does the same,
but also covers the egg sac

with a dome-shaped

web. When her babies

hatch, they live

inside the web.

Did You Know?

Many baby spiders
travel long distances
by spinning a thread
of silk that catches the
breeze and whisks them
up into the air!

A mother green lynx spider builds
24 her egg sac. She will guard it against
enemies such as birds.

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